UK TV channel 4 news inadvertently produced a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcjxSThD54 viral video around this topic.

2nded
The Power of Nightmares and The Trap should be compulsory.

There's an interesting talk on TED about using solar power to enable night schools: http://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TEDTalks_video+(TEDTalks+Main+(SD)+-+Site)

Some resources in the 'Starter' section of this page: http://www.gigaflop.demon.co.uk/links/education.htm